Reviews Written by Shawn

Chinese engineering at it's finest..

Pros: Easy to re-package.

Cons: Everything not mentioned in the "pros" column.

Out of the box, this unit looked pretty nice, with sharp looking silver finish and a sleek design. Then I plugged it in.

For starters, this unit had two left and right channel audio input jacks for hooking in accessories, but no video input jack (the yellow one), so I had to use an A/B switch for the video to even get my DVR to play through the unit.

Once I finally got it hooked up, the rear channel speakers didn't work-only the front,center,and subwoofer worked. I tried hooking it up in several different configurations to no avail, it was as if the rear jacks in the unit were never hooked up at the factory! No sound at all. As I was trying to figure out the first problem I stumbled across another. In the setup menu, you have the option to disable your speakers one by one (front,rear,sub,center). I disabled all but the rear speakers for testing purposes,and low and behold, the sub continued to function despite the fact that I turned it off in the menu.

So I guess if I had a gun to my head and was being forced to say something good about this product, it would be that the subwoofer definitely works, whether you want it to or not.

If you want a cheap surround sound system that works, stay away from this one! You will be better off buying a $35 one at Wal-Mart's Day after Thanksgiving sale. ...